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From: josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann)
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Subject: Re: Mac IIsi  questions
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Date: 21 Feb 91 14:53:53 GMT
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In article <91051.200412STREATER@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, STREATER@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (415) writes:
|> I just bought a IIsi - am very happy with it. You will need 5mbytes rather
|> than 2 but I merely looked in the comics and paid $49/mbytes for memory. I
|> installed it with *no* tools and no trouble. In addition, I have not seen any
|> of these problems which people allege occur with the IIsi.  That is probably
|> cheaper than Apple memory.

I see you like voiding your warranty! Before you could wait 90 days, but now,
you're ruining a nice 1-year warranty.

|> As far as disk is concerned, start with the 40 mbyte and expand later. Disk is
|> constantly going down in price, to the extent that the correct approach is to
|> run with (nearly) full disks. No point in buyiong extra space that will be
|> cheaper when you buy it later (if you need it). Sounds like you don't know
|> that you will need it, so why not wait.

How much lower do you think disks can go? Not too much, methinks.

|> I see that Jasmine has these cute
|> litte cigarette-packet sized drives that plug into the back of your SCSI port
|> and don't need an external power supply (the SCSI port supplies it). At
|> present they have only a 20mbyte for $399 but larger drives are supposed to be
|> in the offing.

Jasmine's service is still abysmal. You are better off getting an APS
Q80 or Q105 for about the same price. Faster, more reliable mechanism, too.

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